Egypt
Daily Telegraph (Troy Lennon)
- Book Review: Cracking The Egyptian Code
Wall Street Journal Cracking the Egyptian Code, By Andrew Robinson. Oxford. On Sept. 14, 1822, as legend tells the tale, Jean-François Champollion burst into his brother's Paris office at the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres, flung...
- Online: The Art Of Medicine By Andrew Robinson
andrewrobinson.org Two page article from The Lancet. The art of medicine. Jean-François Champollion and ancient Egyptian embalming By Andrew Robinson 200 years ago this year, the future founder of Egyptology, French linguist and archaeologist...
- Book Review: Cracking The Egyptian Code
The Independent, UK (Review by Brian MOrton) Cracking The Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life Of Jean-François Champollion, By Andrew Robinson More of a summary of Champollion than a review of of the book. This is the first full biography of...
- 200-year-old Travel Diary Of An Italian Adventurer Discovered
Ansa.it Thanks to Rhio Barnhart for this link. The 200-year-old travel diary of an Italian adventurer who explored Egypt and later guided the founders of Egyptology to key sites has been uncovered in this Tuscan city. The journal, accidentally unearthed...
- Figeac
http://tinyurl.com/de6g2 (The Telegraph) This is actually a travel article about the south of France, but it does contain a quick couple of paragraphs about hieroglyph decipherer Champollion's home town Figeac, where his former home is now a museum:...
Egypt
Daily Telegraph (Troy Lennon)
I'm sure that this story gets wheeled out on a more or less annual basis by one publication or another. The "today" referred to in the story was 23rd December.
Today is a double anniversary for Egyptology. On this day 220 years ago, French scholar Jean Francois Champollion, who played a major part in deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, was born. It is also the bicentenary of the birth of Karl Richard Lepsius, a Prussian archeologist who built on Champollion's research into the ancient writing system, making his own discoveries.
- Book Review: Cracking The Egyptian Code
Wall Street Journal Cracking the Egyptian Code, By Andrew Robinson. Oxford. On Sept. 14, 1822, as legend tells the tale, Jean-François Champollion burst into his brother's Paris office at the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres, flung...
- Online: The Art Of Medicine By Andrew Robinson
andrewrobinson.org Two page article from The Lancet. The art of medicine. Jean-François Champollion and ancient Egyptian embalming By Andrew Robinson 200 years ago this year, the future founder of Egyptology, French linguist and archaeologist...
- Book Review: Cracking The Egyptian Code
The Independent, UK (Review by Brian MOrton) Cracking The Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life Of Jean-François Champollion, By Andrew Robinson More of a summary of Champollion than a review of of the book. This is the first full biography of...
- 200-year-old Travel Diary Of An Italian Adventurer Discovered
Ansa.it Thanks to Rhio Barnhart for this link. The 200-year-old travel diary of an Italian adventurer who explored Egypt and later guided the founders of Egyptology to key sites has been uncovered in this Tuscan city. The journal, accidentally unearthed...
- Figeac
http://tinyurl.com/de6g2 (The Telegraph) This is actually a travel article about the south of France, but it does contain a quick couple of paragraphs about hieroglyph decipherer Champollion's home town Figeac, where his former home is now a museum:...